Carlisle Floyd Quotes
I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I live alone, so I don't really talk to anyone once I'm home. I have some silent nights.
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The magical and fantastical isn't something I'm uncomfortable with in books, and I chafe slightly at the idea that a purely realist novel somehow has more value.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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This town was built on nepotism.
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If I get to a place early in the morning, I try to walk around by myself. I still try to find cool places to go to, like a record store in St. Louis or some restaurant in Chicago.
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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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Any story hits you harder if the person delivering it doesn't sound like some news robot but in fact sounds like a real person having the reactions a real person would.
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I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness.
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I deserve attention not because of any talent, but just because of who I am.
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Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.
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When there's no push back against Islamophobic rhetoric, people see that as tacit endorsement of anti-Islamic rhetoric.
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It was a labor of love and they did really well.
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The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.
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Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.
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I got to go to Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Madrid, America.
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What has history said of eminence without honor, wealth without wisdom, power and possessions without principle? The answer is reiterated in the overthrow of the mightiest empires of ancient times. Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome! The four successive, universal powers of the past. What and where are they?
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I like to take walks in the park by myself, where no one can bother me and I can think.
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When I started 'CNN,' I made the decision to stay out of endorsing candidates, and let the doers make up their own minds about politics, that it wasn't going to come from me.
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I love inspirational R&B, like Mary J. Blige and Jennifer Hudson. I want to do that. That kind of music stays with you.
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I'm interested in what happens to music when other people use it. Whereas there are composers who don't like anyone to touch their music, I think people should because they do things I can't think of.
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I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
